Re: Vatican trying to avoid baptism by proxy

the_verminator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On May 6, 9:57 pm, carol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Carole Allen) wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 09:43:08 -0500, clifto <cli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9155036
>>> "The Roman Catholic Church has recently directed dioceses worldwide
not
>>> to give parish information to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
>>> Saints. The move is to prevent LDS Church members from baptizing by
proxy
>>> Catholic ancestors."
>> This is discouraging.
>>
> 
> Blame it on the Mormons.
> 
> I have no problem with them "sealing" those who were actually members
> of their faith;
> but to run around willy-nilly doing it to practically anyone they can
> make a connection to -
> even those long dead before Mormonism was founded- strikes me as odd
> in the extreme.
> 
> 
> 
> 

First of all, I am very thankful for the genealogical database that the 
Mormons created and for them making it available to all of us.

I don’t understand why anyone objects to the Mormons baptizing deceased 
ancestors.  If you don’t subscribe to the beliefs of the LDS, it is a 
totally meaningless gesture.